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Tenor Kurt-Alexander Zeller is Director of Vocal Activities and Opera at Clayton State University and has performed in opera and musical theatre, oratorio, early music, and recital throughout North America and much of Europe. He holds degrees in voice performance and in theatre from Southern Methodist University and a doctorate, with major studies in voice performance, musicology, and opera directing, from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. Dr. Zeller is an active writer and lecturer on music, leads pre-concert talks for Spivey Hall and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and is program annotator for the Salem (OR) Chamber Orchestra.

Alan Morrison is recognized as one of America’s premier concert organists and enjoys a versatile career as organist, teacher, recording artist, adjudicator and pianist/chamber musician.  His concert performances throughout North America, South America, Europe and Russia have all been received with enthusiastic praise for his quality programming, colorful use of the organ and interpretive integrity.  

In 2002, Alan Morrison was appointed head of the organ department at the world renowned conservatory, The Curtis Institute of Music, where he holds the Haas Charitable Trust Chair in Organ Studies.  In 2006 he joined the faculty of Westminster Choir College of Rider University and has served as College Organist at Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA since 1995. 

Most recently he was appointed Organist-in-Residence at Spivey Hall where he holds the McGhehee Family Organist Residency.  A graduate of both Curtis Institute of Music (BMus in Organ and MMus in Piano Accompanying) and Juilliard School of Music (Professional Studies in Organ), his teachers were Sarah Martin, Cherry Rhodes and John Weaver (organ) and Robert Harvey, Vladimir Sokoloff and Susan Starr (piano).